Musicians That Died Too Young

[Dibben]

Was never a fan, but Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash in 2001 - aged 22.

[Sodje_18]

Only really liked one song from her (Fairytale of new york) but never the less Kirsty Maccoll anyone?

[Calvin]

Jackie Wilson, 41 when he had his career ending heart attack, died when he was 49.

[Geo_1875]

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Jackie Wilson, 41 when he had his career ending heart attack, died when he was 49.

Best darts player Sccotland ever produced.

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Best darts player Sccotland ever produced.

[Onceinawhile]

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Tupac Shakur.

O.D.B.

ODB was well passed his musical shelf life by the time he passed on.

[The_Exile]

Jeff Buckley, Kurt Cobain, probably the only 2 of that generation of musicians who didn't die of an overdose, Jimi, often wonder if the music business would be in the state it's in if all these guys were still plying their trade today.

[Onceinawhile]

nate dogg

I would also say Big L.

Kings of Leon, well they died after three albums to me anyway.

[YehButNoBut]

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nate dogg

I would also say Big L.

Kings of Leon, well they died after three albums to me anyway.

First 3 albums were superb then what happened, sold out to crack USA

Jim Morrison
Kurt Cobain
Elvis Pressley
Keith Moon
Stevie Ray Vaughan

[marinello59]

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Only really liked one song from her (Fairytale of new york) but never the less Kirsty Maccoll anyone?

Good call. She was much more than the co-singer on a Pogues single.

[Bunter]

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Good call. She was much more than the co-singer on a Pogues single.

Kirsty MacColl.
Pete de Freitas.
Stuart Adamson.
Malcolm Owen.
Joe Strummer.

Calling Sid Vicious a musician is stretching things a bit IMO.

[Hibrandenburg]

Think we should rename this thread 'musicians who died' because some of the people mentioned where drawing their pensions.

Anyway, has anybody mentioned Mozart?

[Geo_1875]

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Think we should rename this thread 'musicians who died' because some of the people mentioned where drawing their pensions.

Anyway, has anybody mentioned Mozart?

Some of those mentioned were still producing great music at the time of their passing. They were a loss to music. How anybody could consider Sid Vicious a "loss" in any sense is beyond me.

[Dr_Regal]

Layne Staley - Unbelievable(drugs)
Dimebag Darrell - the late Pantera guitarist, one of the best ever.(shot in the face by some redneck psycho)
Cliff Burton- Bassist for Metallica(Bus Crash)

[TornadoHibby]

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first into my head

Then Freddie. Others I can think off

Bon Scott
Phil Lynott
Cozy Powell
Alex Harvey
Randy Rhoads
Cliff Burton
Steve Clark
John Bonham
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jeff Healey
Glenn Miller
Karen Carpenter
Nat King Cole
Michael Jackson

Some real musical "heavyweights" in the playing sense in there if I may say and, in particular a couple of my personal favourites, namely:-

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Anyone who really enjoys guitar playing at it's emotional, technical and soulful best could not help but marvel at Stevie Ray's incredible playing. Here are a couple of decent example's but the internet is packed with more if you are interested! Stevie Ray (and others) died in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin in 1990 after swapping flights with one due to take some of Eric Clapton's entourage to Chicago as he needed to leave that night due to prior commitments elsewhere. The flight he should have taken made it!

Little Wing (written by Hendrix) - played live of course.

Lenny (written by SRV himself) - Live at El Mocambo in Toronto, Ontario during a tour in 1983.

John Henry Bonham - Led Zeppelin

Possibly one of the best rock drummers of all time whose driving power and rythym was a huge part of the Led Zep sound!

Here's possibly the best known drum solo in Moby Dick!

And then another, Gary Moore, former Thin Lizzy guitarist, but sensational solo blues guitarist who died in a hotel on the Costa Del Sol in February this year.

This is a personal favourite of mine, The Stumble (written by Freddy King) - played live at The Montreaux Jazz Festival in 1990.

Also, Still Got The Blues, famous for its brilliant solo which starts at 3:56 on this clip is worth recording too!

Too many too young!

[Sodje_18]

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Some of those mentioned were still producing great music at the time of their passing. They were a loss to music. How anybody could consider Sid Vicious a "loss" in any sense is beyond me.

At no point did I say he was a loss. I simply said he died very young, I presonally wasn't a fan of the sex pistols, but I'm sure they did have quite a lot of fans.

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And then another, Gary Moore, former Thin Lizzy guitarist, but sensational solo blues guitarist who died in a hotel on the Costa Del Sol in February this year.

I cannot believe I forgot Gary Moore

One one the best guitarists I have ever had the pleasure to see playing live Unbelievable talent and wrote some fabulous songs over the years. Very sad when he died a few months ago.

Thanks for the links

[TornadoHibby]

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I cannot believe I forgot Gary Moore

One one the best guitarists I have ever had the pleasure to see playing live Unbelievable talent and wrote some fabulous songs over the years. Very sad when he died a few months ago.

Thanks for the links

No worries, trust you enjoyed them as much as I did!

I was a huge fan of Gary Moore's live shows particularly those at Barrowlands in Glasgow which just seemed to have the right "ambience" and "atmosphere" for his style of playing! However good he was though, he did sometimes over-indulge himself with solos that were just too long even if demonstrations of fantastic technical ability!

However, it was easy to forgive him those instances just to hear him play blues in the way that it should be played!

[Phil D. Rolls]

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Some musicians that you wish were around to make more music. I'll start off with Sid Vicious and John Lennon

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John Simon Ritchie, AKA Sid Vicious.


Anyone else watched 'Sid & Nancy'? A catastrophic 'account' of the run-up to Spungen's death, IMO.



I'm a big fan of The Pistols and not ashamed to admit i'm fascinated by the guy.

No offence boys, but WTF did Sid ever do for music? You are surely confusing him with Glenn Matlock, who is still alive.

Sid actually had quite a tragic life, and he was exploited mercilessly by McLaren. He was just a vulnerable guy and was made into a cartoon character. Lydon talks a lot of sense on the subject, and he knew Sid as well as anyone.

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Buddy Holly

What could Buddy have achieved had he lived? I suppose the thing about having your career cut short at the top is that you manage to avoid the likes of Lennon's Double Fantasy album, or McCartney's Frog Chorus. People only remember the good stuff.

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Joe Strummer.
Alex Harvey.

Both in their 50s when they carked, how old is "too young to die" these days?

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Rory Gallagher, Frank Zappa, Robert Palmer, John Martyn.

Sid Vicious didn't die soon enough.

John Martyn was a genius, Sid was just a bloke that had attitude, there is no need to be that nasty about him.

Wow what a great thread for arguments!

I'd like to add Robert Johnson to the list.

[Sodje_18]

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Wow what a great thread for arguments!

I had no intention of creating such a thread

[Jim44]

I don't think he really qualifies for the 'age' thing, but I want to add Gerry Rafferty. I, like a lot of people, thought he was a one hit wonder with Baker street and never gave much attention to his music. I recently saw the TV Tribute to him and re-discovered how superb his work was. I'm now a 'born again', Rafferty fan.

[CropleyWasGod]

Lowell George

Warren Zevon

[Forthview]

The brothers;
Johnny Ramone
DeeDee Ramone
Joey Ramone

Saw then live 7 times, amazing experience every time.

RIP

[Jonnyboy]

Brian Jones
John Lennon
Eva Cassidy
Freddie Mercury
Kirsty McColl

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Mozart.

Schubert.

Bessie Smith.

Billie Holiday.

Art Tatum.

Charlie Parker.

Janis Joplin.

Jimi Hendrix.

Jim Morrison.


I won't start a list of the ones I consider lived far too long....

[Koom]

nobody mentined Amy Winehouse yet?? .....
Paul Gray, aka The Pig , Slipknot bass player, accidential drugs overdose..